Syriac Explained
Syriac may refer to:
- Syriac language, an ancient dialect of Middle Aramaic
- Sureth, one of the modern dialects of Syriac spoken in the Nineveh Plains region
- Syriac alphabet
- Neo-Aramaic languages also known as Syriac in most native vernaculars
- Syriac Christianity, the churches using Syriac as their liturgical language
- West Syriac Rite, liturgical rite of the Maronite Syriac Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, and the Syriac Catholic Church
- East Syriac Rite, liturgical rite of the Syro Malabar Church, Chaldean Catholic Church, Assyrian Church of the East, and the Ancient Church of the East
- Syriacs, a term for Syriac Christians
- Aramean people (Syriacs), a Semitic-speaking people
- Suriyani Malayalam, dialect of Malayalam influenced by Syriac
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